Huxstang

Great effort.  

We are heading to Canada for weeks on Wednesday….hopefully it will have stopped blowing by the time we get home.  I will be super keen to wet some line by the time I get home.

We are heading to Canada for weeks on Wednesday….hopefully it will have stopped blowing by the time we get home.  I will be super keen to wet some line by the time I get home.

Great effort.  

Latest generation Stradic (FM) is so close to the latest generation Shimano Sustain in smoothness it’s not funny.  Hard pressed to justify the increase in cost, except the Sustain is sexy black and maybe a bit lighter thanks to MGL rotor 😛
Handle goes in just as easy as any of my other Shimano’s - just need to wind it against the thread to settle it into the lead and then wind it in.

Consider a Mooloolaba Pick anchor https://www.whitworths.com.au/mooloolaba-pick-anchor
Thats what all the boats have on the swains that I have been on.  
Shackle to the top then lay chain down the shaft and heavy zip ties to what you would normally attach to.  If its stuck you just pull back over the top and it snaps the zip ties and you then pull the anchor up from the head.
Mate bought a very expensive version of one (cannot remember the name) but it uses a sheer bolt to hold the fins in place and all you do it drive over the top and it sheers the pin and the fins collapse.  A guy up in Mackay makes them.  Very neat.

Consider a Mooloolaba Pick anchor https://www.whitworths.com.au/mooloolaba-pick-anchor
Thats what all the boats have on the swains that I have been on.  
Shackle to the top then lay chain down the shaft and heavy zip ties to what you would normally attach to.  If its stuck you just pull back over the top and it snaps the zip ties and you then pull the anchor up from the head.
Mate bought a very expensive version of one (cannot remember the name) but it uses a sheer bolt to hold the fins in place and all you do it drive over the top and it sheers the pin and the fins collapse.  A guy up in Mackay makes them.  Very neat.

Latest generation Stradic (FM) is so close to the latest generation Shimano Sustain in smoothness it’s not funny.  Hard pressed to justify the increase in cost, except the Sustain is sexy black and maybe a bit lighter thanks to MGL rotor 😛
Handle goes in just as easy as any of my other Shimano’s - just need to wind it against the thread to settle it into the lead and then wind it in.

Consider a Mooloolaba Pick anchor https://www.whitworths.com.au/mooloolaba-pick-anchor
Thats what all the boats have on the swains that I have been on.  
Shackle to the top then lay chain down the shaft and heavy zip ties to what you would normally attach to.  If its stuck you just pull back over the top and it snaps the zip ties and you then pull the anchor up from the head.
Mate bought a very expensive version of one (cannot remember the name) but it uses a sheer bolt to hold the fins in place and all you do it drive over the top and it sheers the pin and the fins collapse.  A guy up in Mackay makes them.  Very neat.

Mate just bought a zing extreme v3….very impressive rods for the coin.   I drooled on the new Oceans legacy inshore rods at tackle warehouse on thursday.    Also very nice and within $50 of price of the Samaki- both much nicer in feel to the Nomad Seacore range.
I am with everyone else…Get a lighter 6-12lb rod with a 2500/3000 size reel and then a heavier for jew etc.  I think 10-20lb or 10-17lb is more than enough for anything we get in the Brisbane river in the Jew/Thready classes.
 

Mate just bought a zing extreme v3….very impressive rods for the coin.   I drooled on the new Oceans legacy inshore rods at tackle warehouse on thursday.    Also very nice and within $50 of price of the Samaki- both much nicer in feel to the Nomad Seacore range.
I am with everyone else…Get a lighter 6-12lb rod with a 2500/3000 size reel and then a heavier for jew etc.  I think 10-20lb or 10-17lb is more than enough for anything we get in the Brisbane river in the Jew/Thready classes.
 

Chris Britton is getting some Snyder blanks still I believe….he is on the web and down at Redland Bay.  Nice bloke too, did a Swains trip with him.
But if you want something more current its hard to go past the Wilson Venom’s for a composite blank.

I’m intrigued…..what is the blank and why so different?
I have an Edge 704 spin for soft plastics which is pretty nice but also use a much softer tipped Shimano Tcurve Premium 732 which I also don’t mind.

Looks amazing.  A great adventure.  How do they get your boat on and off the ferry or do they just tow it under a bridle?
Be an awesome 4 or 5 days I bet - but how the heck do you camp with eskies and ice these days 🙃 - I am so stuck on 12v and a fridge its not funny.

I’m intrigued…..what is the blank and why so different?
I have an Edge 704 spin for soft plastics which is pretty nice but also use a much softer tipped Shimano Tcurve Premium 732 which I also don’t mind.

Chris Britton is getting some Snyder blanks still I believe….he is on the web and down at Redland Bay.  Nice bloke too, did a Swains trip with him.
But if you want something more current its hard to go past the Wilson Venom’s for a composite blank.

Chris Britton is getting some Snyder blanks still I believe….he is on the web and down at Redland Bay.  Nice bloke too, did a Swains trip with him.
But if you want something more current its hard to go past the Wilson Venom’s for a composite blank.

A few fish and gastro…epic trip.
I think everyone is sick to death of the BOM and their very rough guesses on what the weather is.  Mate and I have decided that instead of taking the kit out for say reef vs fishing lighter around the shallow areas we will just take everything - head out of the river and make a decision based on what is actually happening rather than relying on the BOM’s - 5knots, .5m forecast being 15knots and 1.5m observations.

Nice work Hamish.  That snap would have been a very tasty addition to the plate and at 60cm they put up a good account for themselves.
We went out yesterday.  Not much run = not much fun.  Hit Harries and thanks to the benefits of livescope could see there was SFA of any size around at least two of the wrecks.
Went down to Peel west and nothing on the artificial and then had a look at the wreck just near the channel marker - probably 6 or 7 fish over a metre swimming over and around the wreck but they werent tempted by anything.
The only thing biting all day were bloody grinners.   At least it was a nice day.
 

Nice work Hamish.  That snap would have been a very tasty addition to the plate and at 60cm they put up a good account for themselves.
We went out yesterday.  Not much run = not much fun.  Hit Harries and thanks to the benefits of livescope could see there was SFA of any size around at least two of the wrecks.
Went down to Peel west and nothing on the artificial and then had a look at the wreck just near the channel marker - probably 6 or 7 fish over a metre swimming over and around the wreck but they werent tempted by anything.
The only thing biting all day were bloody grinners.   At least it was a nice day.
 

Nice work Hamish.  That snap would have been a very tasty addition to the plate and at 60cm they put up a good account for themselves.
We went out yesterday.  Not much run = not much fun.  Hit Harries and thanks to the benefits of livescope could see there was SFA of any size around at least two of the wrecks.
Went down to Peel west and nothing on the artificial and then had a look at the wreck just near the channel marker - probably 6 or 7 fish over a metre swimming over and around the wreck but they werent tempted by anything.
The only thing biting all day were bloody grinners.   At least it was a nice day.
 

Nice work Hamish.  That snap would have been a very tasty addition to the plate and at 60cm they put up a good account for themselves.
We went out yesterday.  Not much run = not much fun.  Hit Harries and thanks to the benefits of livescope could see there was SFA of any size around at least two of the wrecks.
Went down to Peel west and nothing on the artificial and then had a look at the wreck just near the channel marker - probably 6 or 7 fish over a metre swimming over and around the wreck but they werent tempted by anything.
The only thing biting all day were bloody grinners.   At least it was a nice day.
 

Nice work Hamish.  That snap would have been a very tasty addition to the plate and at 60cm they put up a good account for themselves.
We went out yesterday.  Not much run = not much fun.  Hit Harries and thanks to the benefits of livescope could see there was SFA of any size around at least two of the wrecks.
Went down to Peel west and nothing on the artificial and then had a look at the wreck just near the channel marker - probably 6 or 7 fish over a metre swimming over and around the wreck but they werent tempted by anything.
The only thing biting all day were bloody grinners.   At least it was a nice day.
 

Nice work Hamish.  That snap would have been a very tasty addition to the plate and at 60cm they put up a good account for themselves.
We went out yesterday.  Not much run = not much fun.  Hit Harries and thanks to the benefits of livescope could see there was SFA of any size around at least two of the wrecks.
Went down to Peel west and nothing on the artificial and then had a look at the wreck just near the channel marker - probably 6 or 7 fish over a metre swimming over and around the wreck but they werent tempted by anything.
The only thing biting all day were bloody grinners.   At least it was a nice day.
 

If you have Navionic mapping this might help.  As Brian said the coffee rock runs up the beach line.  My old man used to love this spot which was just off the outlet pipe from the marine centre at the northern end of Woorim.  Havent been there for 20 years but essentially its just in that coffee rock reef area.
Once you head over towards Moreton you can head through the inner Freeman channel and in @ 10m there is a vast expanse of coffee rock reef.  Never caught anything super large there but usually plenty of bait hanging around.
North of that @ 2km is the North Moreton artificial.   Last trip got donuts but good jew hanging over the structure.   Other times good sizes grassies and cleaned up by unstopables.  Also you can get some schools of yellow tail kings.  Just a matter of seeing if any bait is holding over the structure.  Haven’t tried Wild Banks artificial yet - its not a very old artificial but from what I have heard hold pelagics.
Then north off Cape Moreton is Hutchison Shoals and others structures to the south (Smiths Rocks etc which run down the outside of Moreton Island).  Quite easily reached in your Bayliner on a half decent day the only tricky part if through Freeman Channels although you can go the long way through the marked channel and then west. One section of green zone at southern end of Hutchies which is exposed and breaking and often you see dive boats anchored.  14-35m is the general depth….usual reef species.  Have gotten some nice pearl perch there and some good schools of Kingy’s at times.
Ultimately these days I just go to general areas and then sound around until I see something, otherwise you can just drift through and see what you can get.